Mehriban Aliyeva
Mehriban Arif qizi Aliyeva (née Pashaeva, Azerbaijani: [Mehriban Arif qızı Əliyeva (Paşayeva)] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); born 26 August 1964) is an Azerbaijani physician, ophthalmologist and politician. She is the First Vice President since 2017 and First Lady of Azerbaijan since 2003.
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| 1st Vice President of Azerbaijan | |
| Assumed office 21 February 2017 | |
| President | Ilham Aliyev |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| First Lady of Azerbaijan | |
Current | |
| Assumed office 31 October 2003 | |
| President | Ilham Aliyev |
| Preceded by | Halima Aliyeva (1993) |
| Deputy Leader of the New Azerbaijan Party | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2013 | |
| Leader | Ilham Aliyev |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mehriban Arif qızı Paşayeva 26 August 1964 (aged 61) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Azerbaijan |
| Political party | New Azerbaijan Party |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | Leyla Arzu Heydar |
| Alma mater | Azerbaijan Medical University |
| Signature | Mehriban Aliyeva's signature |
| Website | mehriban-aliyeva.az/en |
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She is also the head of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the chairperson of Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation, the President of Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation, and the goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO.[1]
In 1983, she married Ilham Aliyev. They have three children.
Mehriban Aliyeva Media
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Mehriban Aliyeva during her visit to France
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Mehriban Aliyeva during the meeting of the Azerbaijan Security Council in 2017
Mehriban Aliyeva in the Azerbaijani parliament during the presidential inauguration in 2018
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Mehriban Aliyeva meets with First Lady of Turkey Emine Erdoğan in 2020
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Aliyeva with her husband and daughter Leyla in Davos, 2019
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At the opening of Baku Book Center
Aliyeva and her husband with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Baku in 2024
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Aliyeva meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in 2019